The kindness of Chasers

The kindness of strangers...

This evening at the +fabulous+ SNC concert here in Denver, as usual I struck up conversation with people in the autograph line. Random people I don't know, but since they are SNC fans they have to be pretty cool, right?

One of the gals was Samantha, who shared the story of using the money her mom had given her for high school graduation to bring her mom to the concert. We were already deep into the coolness points. I shared that I had bought a couple of tickets for the Hershey, PA show for my Mom as a present. Shhhhh, don't tell her - It's a surprise ;)

So we had a nice chat, and I got to meet her mom Shari (more coolness). I found out Smanatha is a theatre major, and how long she had been a fan. We went through the standard questions - where are you from, who's your favorite member of the group, how did you find SNC, favorite song, etc. We also made plans for photo ops in line.

We has a fun time getting autographs and pictures with the guys (Rome & Ryan even kinda remembered me & Rome asked how many concerts this was for me), and Samantha took some nice pics of me with the guys - I'm not blinking or making weird faces. We walked out together, still chatting about all things SNC related. I told Samantha the website address and suggested she come and join in the fun.

As we were wrapping it up, Shari offered me a ride to the station (coolness points - ding!) since they knew I had ridden the bus. I wasn't going to brave the 35 mile drive down through rush hour, and it's cheaper than parking downtown. I gratefully accepted their offer, since it saved me a walk late at night. Once they found out I was coming back to The People's Republic, it turned out they were headed in my direction. At which point they offered to drop me at a station closer to home, where I could catch one of the local busses, rather than waiting for the Express from downtown. Wow - how gracious.

We had a lovely chat in the truck. Samanthat told me about school, and Shari talked about her work on some satellite projects of the past. Turns out we share a little intersection of a common career area, albeit seperated by a couple of decades. I think it was a lot of fun to get to know each other.

As we approached their exit Shari said 'See, this is where I'd drop you off for the bus, but I'm just going to take you to your car'. She then proceeded to drive the extra 10 miles out of her way to drop me off in Boulder. How cool is that?? I think it's karma for me picking up an early fan outside the Buell last year to take to the special PBS pre-show meet & greet last year.

The kindness of Chasers, indeed...

-the redhead-

(BTW - how can you have ONE favorite, anyway? What would Rome & Ryan be without Seggie, Tyler, and Randy? Okay - Rome +is+ da man, but still...).